Learning Target(s): Students will be able to...

  • demonstrate understanding of Ch 4 of The Big Thirst as evidenced by answering questions.

Due Today:


Agenda:

  1. The Big Thirst Ch 4 Quiz
  2. The Big Thirst Ch 5
    • Vocabulary Terms-Using Cornell Notes, please copy down and write a short definition for each word.
5. The Money in the Pipes

rangeland
mangroves
overexploitation
array
benign
loll
virtuous
altruism
sprawling
redundant
haute couture
fundamental
percolating
hermetic
meandering
bales
unequivocal
prodigious
cross-pollination
wariness
bristling
conglomerate
prosaic
complacent
cede
burrs
adequacy
trivial
convergence
grouse
lanolin
efficiency
wringing
disdain

lore
confer
innovative
corrode

prescient
effluent
inherently
indulgence


  1. The Big Thirst Ch 5 p. 112-122
    1. Begin reading and annotating- at least one comment in the margin on each page of text!

Homework:

  1. Due Wed9/12/12: Finish TBT Ch 5 Vocabulary

Important Dates and Reminders:

The Big Thirst Chapter 5 Mini Research Paper Topics Due Mon 9/17

5. The Money in the Pipes page page
Michell Wool
112
outsourcing
123
Salisbury, Australia
112
Galway Bay
131
Adelaide. Australia
112
Hudson River
131
climatology
117
Malta
131
Monsanto
117
light bulbs
131
Delta Faucet Company
118
nanotechnology
132
recession
119
dual flush toilet
134
Bloomberg terminal
120
nation of Fiji
138

Muhtar Kent
120
GE
138
Warren Buffet
123
Creedance Clearwater Revival
138